Sycamore Mall to become Iowa City Marketplace

11:43 PM,
Sep. 24, 2013

A preliminary sketch details the proposed entrance to Iowa City Marketplace.

Written by

Mitchell Schmidt
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

Officials with Iowa City's Sycamore Mall have big plans to redesign and remarket the more than 40-year-old mall.

CORE Realty Holdings, the mall's owner, and local engineering firm Shive-Hattery announced Tuesday their plans to rebrand the 1660 Sycamore St. shopping center into the new Iowa City Marketplace.

"We'll be more welcoming, more social, we're trying to give it a little bit of a downtown feel," said John Arlotti, vice president of CORE Realty Holdings. "Like to get some of the same shops in downtown Iowa City without all the parking hassle." ...